Corrections Officer Charged, Accused Of Having Sex With Inmate

LUZERNE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) - A state correctional institution officer is facing charges for allegedly having sex with an inmate.

Pennsylvania State Police arrested 38-year-old Natalie Ketchem last night in Luzerne Township, Fayette County.

Police say Ketchem is a corrections officer at SCI Fayette.

She has been charged with three counts of institutional sexual assault. She is accused of having sex with one of the inmates at SCI Fayette.

Ketchen was taken to the Fayette County Booking Center last night in handcuffs, still wearing her corrections officer uniform.

SCI Fayette houses nearly 2,000 inmates in 11 housing units.